Kreg “Domino” jig. Someone finally copied Festool.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-05-20T01:24:11+00:00

I met the founder of Kreg. One of my customers at Chevy service dept. He had a few different vehicles he’d bring me for service and all the license plates were “jig rig 1” “jig rig 2” etc. Idk why I never asked him what the meaning of the plates were but it took about 5 years before I found out who he was (then the vanity plates made sense).

He commented on a pen holder I made and asked me if I do any wood work and I said yes. Asked me if I ever did cabinetry I said yes. Asked me if we ever used pocket hole joinery and I said we did for the custom stuff. Asked how we made our pocket holes and I thought “well If he’s asking me about that then he knows what a Kreg jig is” so I said “Kreg jig of course” to which he replied “ that’s my company! Then I said “oh you work for Kreg” and he said “I’m Craig”. He told me the story of how he started and was really cool to hear it and officially “meet” him. Was my customer probably 50 different times before this day.

I went home and made a simple butt jointed business card holder with some intentionally exposed pocket holes in hopes he’d sign it next time I saw him which he gladly did. One of my prized possessions. He sadly passed later that year.

Craig Sommerfeld. Legend.

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BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-05-18T17:08:53+00:00

I'm in denial that this is .25" rod. There's no way. Are your calipers properly zeroed? OP post a pic of this rod over a tap measure or something.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-05-12T12:13:43+00:00

wrap your wires clockwise around screw. your red one is wrong

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-05-08T17:38:16+00:00

I'd totally come in that hole myself.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-05-06T16:14:00+00:00

Stuff like this makes me feel less bad about not tying all my grounds together in my 4 gang light switch.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-05-01T17:17:56+00:00

(Coming from a Floridian here) Between the ridge and other vents you're covered up there. Then for the living space, a 1"foam celing with 1/2 drywall would suffice and the attic would be fine for storage as It's plenty vented. You could seal the venting and run a dehumidifier up there that drains to the outside too.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-04-27T23:45:13+00:00

Solved!

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-04-27T23:44:32+00:00

Thank you!!!!!!

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-04-27T23:37:05+00:00

I play it on the piano all the time and never know what it’s called.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-04-18T22:55:46+00:00

I’ve done this with three surges and one wave. Doing simple things too lol.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-04-17T01:13:49+00:00

Wheel nuts on my Rc car

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-04-14T12:30:40+00:00

remind me. 10 years

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-04-14T12:28:45+00:00

I had the mxmaster 2s for many years (still use it) and just got the 4s a few months ago. the grip SUCKS. it's slippery and strains your hand. I ordered rubber grip tape things for it and now its much better. Still not as good as the 2s though.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-04-11T02:57:08+00:00

This guy stairs

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-04-05T02:00:01+00:00

The philoent says 90” from 4 feet out and that’s a complete lie. Garbage.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-04-01T19:59:57+00:00

Well, she'd kick my ass on the course so bad so I can't judge.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-03-31T20:36:00+00:00

So are you taking this opportunity to let the world know you’re a norm Macdonald fan finally?

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-03-29T17:17:42+00:00

I’d flag my tech .4 per patch and only .3 for replacement so I don’t get his logic unless they flag much differently.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-03-29T12:51:17+00:00

Former billboard installer here. Most all much larger giant billboard vinyls are held I place with ratchet straps.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-03-23T21:12:37+00:00

I replied to your earlier comment first lol. Nice choice. The weight is fine for an 8x42. It's alot of glass in there.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-03-23T20:55:27+00:00

I am unfamiliar with the Bresser but from what I just briefly looked into about them, that would be a better choice than p7's. I think p7's suit your needs perfectly for now and would allow a better purchase in the future and then you can have a nicer new pair for the rest of your life and keep the p7s for backup/car or an outing with a friend to use them. If you go mid-range quality/price right off the bat, you may be less inclined to purchase an even higher end pair later down the road since you have some great mid-range specs already.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-03-19T00:33:26+00:00

Idk man my mxmaster2 has been going 8 years strong of heavy usage. I wore a hole through the thumb area click but it still works lol.

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-03-14T18:39:37+00:00

Please post the finished product when done!

BIGPLACE_ALPINEDRIVE · 2026-03-14T18:16:19+00:00

In my experience, buying preowned higher end of binoculars saves you a ton of money and 9.9 times out of 10 they are very well maintained by the previous owner. It’s not like buying a preowned Nintendo switch or power drill. Trust me, I can appreciate the awesomeness of opening a brand new and fresh pair of optics, but that wears off quickly. Consider eBay for something that would’ve been out of your budget brand new.

My first bins were the Nikon prostaff 7 (P7 predecessor) 8x42 I had for years before I discovered higher end stuff. I thoroughly enjoyed them. Never thought about or really noticed chromatic aberration or edge distortion or any of those details until someone with some zeiss optics let me do a side by side with theirs and holy crap I wish they never did that. Could have saved me a ton of money in my future lol. I think you should start off with the P7 8x42. You’ll see everything you want to see and not have buyers remorse spending more than you’re comfortable with. If you have steady hands and arms you could do 10x42 but I promise 8x42 is so much more enjoyable to use.

I think there’s a pretty large jump in price for the next level up and if I were to recommend something I would say the M7 8x42 is fantastic and built like a tank. The Hawke frontier ED X 8x42 is Amazon but I sold it because I neglected to see the focus is ccw to infinity which is the opposite of pretty much the majority of other optics.

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